said that after his death, a dead elm burst into life after his body touched it while being borne to the cathedral for burial. A legend states that a child was once run over by a cart while playing. His mother, a widow, wailed as she brought the dead child to Zenobius' deacon. By means of a prayer, Saint Zenobius revived the child and restored him to his mother. In art Zenobius is often depicted with a dead child or man in his arms, or a flowering elm, both in reference to his miracles. Sandro Botticelli depicted the life and work of Saint Zenobius in four paintings. In the first scene, Zenobius is shown twice: he rejects the bride that his parents intended him to take in marriage and walks thoughtfully away. The other episodes show the baptism of the young Zenobius and his mother, and on the right his ordination as bishop. On the wall of the Palazzo Vecchio are frescoes by Domenico Ghirlandaio, painted in 1482. The apotheosis of Saint Zenobius was painted with a perspectival illusion of the background. Notes References Ferguson, George (1961). Signs and Symbols in Christian Art (New York: Oxford University Press), 147. External links Saints of May 25: Zenobius of Florence Santi e beati: San Zanobi Zenobius Xavierus of Poland 337 births 417 deaths 5th-century bishops 5th-century Christian saints Ancient Roman saints Bishops of Florence Saints from Roman Italy Miracle workers